Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service

Proceedings of the Prague Conference, July 2000 Proponents of an active labour market policy are now claiming part of the credit for large falls in structural unemployment rates that have occurred in some OECD countries. Advances in information technology which facilitate matching job-seekers to jobs, modern management methods, and a favourable economic climate in recent years have encouraged innovative approaches and created new opportunities for the Public Employment Service to help the unemployed return to work. This book presents the proceedings of a conference on Labour Market Policies an

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Year of publication:	2001
Institutions:	OECD (contributor)
Publisher:	Paris : OECD Publishing
Subject:	Arbeitsmarktpolitik \| Labour market policy \| Arbeitsvermittlung \| Employment office \| Arbeitsverwaltung \| Labour administration \| Arbeitslosigkeit \| Unemployment \| OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| Öffentlicher Sektor
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (415 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; Summary and Conclusions by the Rapporteur; Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service Main Characteristics and New Challenges; External Audits of the Public Employment Service in the 1990s; PART I: THE LABOUR EXCHANGE FUNCTION OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE; A "Model" Local Employment Office in Portugal; Computer Touchscreen and Internet Job-Broking Services; Marketing to Employers in the Netherlands; One-Stop Statecraft: Restructuring Workforce Development Programs in the United States; PART II: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ACTIVATION MEASURES Some Conflicts Between Employment Policy and Social Policy in the Czech RepublicEligibility Criteria for Unemployment Benefits; Monitoring and Assisting Active Job Search; From Restart to the New Deal in the United Kingdom; The Active Labour Market Policy in Denmark; The Activation and Qualification of Social Assistance Recipients in Oslo; Activation: The Point of View of Clients and "Front Line" Staff; PART III: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES FOR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES How Can We Make Active Policies More Effective? The Role of Organisation, Implementation and Optimal Allocation in Active Labour Market PolicyImplementation Issues in Finland: Experiences, Developments and Context of Labour Market Policy Measures; PART IV: STRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE; Introduction of Contestability in the Delivery of Employment Services in Australia; Labour Market Policies and Employment Services in Canada: A New Collaborative Approach;
ISBN:	978-92-64-18597-5 ; 978-92-64-18983-6 ; 978-92-64-18983-6
Other identifiers:	10.1787/9789264189836-en [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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